Re: [Boost-users] boost ASIO/serialisation with different boostversion. Bug or feature ?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost ASIO/serialisation with different boostversion. Bug or feature ?
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-07 13:15:57

Avi Bahra wrote:
> Currently I have built a client/server that uses ASIO with boost
> serialization. I built one set with boost 1.45 and another with boost
> 1.47
>
> However:
>
> o start boost 1.45 server
> o ping using 1.47 client
>
>   I get a boost::archive::archive_exception unsupported version
>
> o start boost 1.47 server
> o ping with boost 1.45 client
>
>   Again I get a boost::archive::archive_exception unsupported version
>
> Given that there was no change in format of the ping, is this bug or
> feature ? Is there any way of disabling this feature of the archive ,
> so exception
> is only thrown when there is format change?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Ta,
> Avi

You might not have changed the format of your data types.  But your data 
types are built upon more primitive built-in ones.  There is no guarentee 
that an archive created in a subsequent version will be readable by a 
previous version of the library.

Robert Ramey